1963: Alexandria military base takes part in large-scale European exercise

12:11 AM,
Oct. 23, 2013

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John Andrew Prime

A mysterious key dug up from the site of Shreveport's dried-up Silver Lake and an abandoned city trolley bridge played parts in the big scrap-metal drive the area took part in this month in 1942.

No one knew what the key found 22 feet under the site of the former Commercial National Bank opened, though opinions ranged from opening the door to an old grand house to a wine shop to an old treasure chest. No matter: It got tossed into the pile to be melted into bullets or bombs or cannons.

Also sacrificed to the war effort was an abandoned city trolley bridge that took Travis Street across Christian. The ...